The 2023/24 League One Season came to a close on Saturday 27th April 2024, with Portsmouth securing the title on 16th April and Derby County getting promoted as runners up on the final day of the season. Bolton Wanderers, Peterborough United, Oxford United and Barnsley will compete in the Playoffs for the final promotion place.
I wanted to take a look at the kits worn during the league stage of the season (not including Play Offs).
Kit Stats
- 1104 Kits worn (552 Games)
- 85 Different Kit variations used by the 24 teams.
- Home Kits – 36% of Kit variations used
- 31 Home Kits worn in total (Including 1 Kit from 24/25 Season)
- 6 Home Kit variations worn
- Away Kits – 38% of variations used
- 32 Away Kits worn in total
- 8 Away Kit variations worn
- 3rd Kits – 26% of variations worn
- 22 3rd Kits worn in total
- 3 3rd Kit variations worn
Overview of Kits Worn
Kit Log – Match 1 to Match 15
Kit Log – Match 16 to Match 30
Kit Log – Match 31 to Match 46
Kit Variations
Looking in more detail at the kit variations worn by the League One Teams
- 6 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
- Barnsley: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
- Blackpool: Home x2, Away x2, 3rd
- Cambridge United: Home x3, Away x2
- Charlton Athletic: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
- Reading: Home, Away x2, 3rd, Home 24/25
- Wycombe Wanderers: Home, Away x2, 3rd x2
- 3 Teams wore 4 Kit Variations
- Cheltenham Town: Home x2, Away, 3rd
- Exeter City: Home, Away x2, 3rd
- Stevenage: Home x2, Away, 3rd
- 13 Teams wore 3 Kit Variations
- 2 Teams wore just 2 Kit Variations
- Most Variations of Home Kit – 3 Kits
- Cambridge United: Amber / Black / Black – Amber / Black / Amber – All Amber
- Most Variations of Away Kit – 2 Kits
- Barnsley: All White – White / White / Red
- Blackpool: White / Orange / White – All White
- Cambridge United: All White – White / Black / Black
- Charlton Atletic: All Navy – Navy / Navy / White
- Exeter City: Grey / Grey / White – Grey / Grey / Black
- Reading: All Grey – Grey / Grey / Blue
- Shrewsbury Town: All Red – Red / Red / White
- Wycombe Wanderers: Green & White Stripes / Green / White – Green & White Stripes / Green / Green
- Most Variations of 3rd Kit – 2 Kits
- Barnsley: All Black – Black / Black / White
- Charlton Athletic: White / Black / White – All White
- Wycombe Wanderers: Red / White / Red – Red / White / White
- 11 Teams only used Home, Away kits and 3rd Kits with no variations
- 5 Teams in just Home and Away Kits, with variations used
- Most worn Home Kit – 40, Cambrige United, (34 Default / 6 Variations)
- Most worn Away Kit – 17, Charlton Athletic (15 Default / 2 Variations)
- Most worn 3rd Kit – 11, Peterborough United
Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Exeter City their Away Kit in their first game, Home Kit in their 2nd game and 3rd Kit in their 3rd game..!
Match 1 to Match 23
Match 24 to Match 46
Kit Grid
Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Twitter Account – @Kit_Geek
Kit Highlights and Summary
In 2023/24 League One season teams wore 85 Kits, this was a decrease in the number kits compared to last season where 102 Kits were worn, as it stands this is the joint with the Championship with the fewest number of Kit Variations seen this season. It was also the only League that had clubs with just two kit variations used, the Home Kit and Away Kit.
The single most worn Kit in the League was from Bristol Rovers who wore their Home Kit in 37 of 46 games, only wearing their away strip twice in the final 22 games of the season.
Cambridge United were one of six teams that wore five different kit variations this season, the most in League One however they were the only club to do this with just Home and Away Kits, wearing three different variations of their Home Kit..! Using this variations meant that they used their Home Kit 40 times out of the 46 games, alternative amber socks were used both Home and Away to create alternative kit variations.
The two clubs to wear just two kits this season in both EFL and Premier League were in League One, they were:
Carlisle United, who wore their Home Kit 36 times and Away Kit 10 times.
Fleetwood Town, who wore their Home Kit 34 times and Away Kit 12 times.
Charlton Athletic wore their change kits (and variations of them) in 22 of their 23 away games, the only game which they wore their Home Kit away from The Valley was the game against Reading on 10th February 2024.
There were instances of clubs wearing change kits in Home Games this season, with five clubs changing from their default home kit.
Bristol Rovers wore a 140th Anniversary Celebration Kit at Home to Cheltenham Town.
Cheltenham Town wore a charity 3rd Kit against Shrewsbury Town.
Exeter City wore their 3rd Kit at Home against Leyton Orient to celebrate 20 years of their Fan Trust Ownership.
Leyton Orient themselves wore their away kit at home against Barnsley, this was due to Barnsley’s white Away kit being damaged in a Bus Fire in the weeks before their fixture, so it agreed that the home team would change to their Away kit to also avoid any colourblind kit clashes.
Stevenage wore their charity 3rd kit at home against Burton Albion.
There we have it, League One’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at Twitter – @Kit_Geek
You can find other End of Season Reports below when they are published…!
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